Europe’s rescue mission on Ukraine: keep Trump engaged
But Trump has given no indication he is prepared to offer assistance to ensure any agreement holds. European promises to re-arm — the president has been telling the continent to stop freeriding on US ...
UK and France aim for new Ukraine peace deal after White House fracas
Europe will put troops on ground but plan ‘must have strong US backing’, says UK prime minister after London summit ...
Arrival of US tariffs set to embolden Canada’s new leader
No, not Lent — although that will be happening on Wednesday after the traditional craziness of Carnival, Mardi Gras and Pancake Day (delete according to your nationality) on Tuesday — this is the week ...
US hints that tariffs on Mexico and Canada could be lower than 25%
Trump has previously proposed imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Mexico and Canada, but Lutnick indicated that the figure could be lower. His remarks suggest Mexico and Canada will make a last-ditch ...
London Ukraine summit: European leaders leave meeting with promises of support for Kyiv
Keir Starmer held an online meeting with President Alar Karis of Estonia, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa of Latvia and President Gitanas Nausėda of Lithuania on Sunday morning and “underlined his focus ...
Crypto prices jump as Trump says US strategic reserve to include lesser-traded tokens
Cryptocurrency prices jumped on Sunday after President Donald Trump said a potential US strategic reserve of digital assets will include lesser-traded tokens Solana, XRP and Cardano. Trump made the ...
Business school professors’ picks
Welcome to professors’ picks, offering a weekly curated selection of FT articles by and for business school faculty to connect classrooms to current events and to develop students’ critical thinking.
How we made it: mapping the building boom in high risk zones
Developers in the US are increasingly building into more high risk areas, an FT analysis found, amounting to about 4mn more single-family homes in high risk places in about a decade. The percentage of ...
Sacking of Iran’s finance minister deals blow to reformists
Iran’s hardline-dominated parliament has impeached and sacked economy and finance minister Abdolnaser Hemmati, delivering a significant setback to the reformist government of President Masoud ...
Americans delay home improvements in latest blow to US housing market
High interest rates and uncertainty over immigration policy discourage homeowners from selling or renovating properties ...
How culture shapes capitalism around the world
“Culture” is multi-layered, and does not always sit neatly in distinct categories. Still, Hofstede’s framework gives us a ...
How fast will the ECB cut interest rates?
A quarter-point cut on March 6, which is fully priced in by the swaps market, would bring down the deposit facility rate to 2.5 per cent, the lowest level since February 2023 and 1.5 percentage points ...